State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Byars v. SCME Mortgage Bankers, Inc.

Decided June 17, 2003. Judith Dobson McConnell wrote the opinion for the court.

135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 796 · Cited 87 times

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Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. · 973 P.2d 527
Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 24 P.3d 493
Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc. · 8 P.3d 1089
Green v. Ralee Engineering Co. · 960 P.2d 1046
Calvillo-Silva v. Home Grocery · 968 P.2d 65
Howard v. Thrifty Drug & Discount Stores · 895 P.2d 469
Galanty v. Paul Revere Life Insurance · 1 P.3d 658
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1093
Walker v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. · 121 Cal. Rptr. 2d 79
Schnall v. Hertz Corporation · 93 Cal. Rptr. 2d 439
Frank and Freedus v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 461
Gatton v. A.P. Green Services, Inc. · 64 Cal. App. 4th 688
Bjustrom v. Trust One Mortgage · 178 F. Supp. 2d 1183
Kerby v. Mortgage Funding Corp. · 992 F. Supp. 787
Hastings v. Fidelity Mortgage Decisions Corp. · 984 F. Supp. 600
Moses v. Citicorp Mortgage, Inc. · 982 F. Supp. 897
Dominguez v. Alliance Mortgage Co. · 226 F. Supp. 2d 907
Geraci v. Homestreet Bank · 203 F. Supp. 2d 1211

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